[6] Upon release, the film was credited as having been directed by "Ernie Fusco" and written by "Jesse Carter" after being disowned by Baumbach and his co-writers.

Most of the cast is carried over, although the recognizable actors take a backseat to Baumbach's friends who filled the periphery of the (relatively) bigger film.

[8]New York Magazine later noted: "The film centers on a series of parties thrown by miserable Brooklynites Diane (Lauren Katz) and Travis (Christopher Reed), one of the most mismatched couples in Baumbach’s repertoire who, despite being the film’s protagonists, do not even appear on its VHS cover.

"[10]) which includes interviews with Joel Kastelberg, Christopher Reed, Lauren Katz, John Lehr, Rae Dawn Chong, Peter Bogdanovich, and Dean Cameron,[13] available on On Blu-ray and YouTube.

Highball streamed on Netflix,[10] Plex, Hoopla, YouTube, Amazon, Google Play, and Vudu.